Where does YLX Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), YLX Incorporated ranks #18,311 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does YLX Incorporated hold?

YLX Incorporated holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is YLX Incorporated's Innovation Score?

YLX Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is YLX Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for YLX Incorporated.

What does claim depth mean for YLX Incorporated's patents?

YLX Incorporated's patents average 14.7 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the YLX Incorporated patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

YLX Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does YLX Incorporated focus on?

YLX Incorporated's top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 13 patents, ranking #203 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, YLX ranks #18,311 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 10 technology areas.

#18,311
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18311 · Foreign Corporation #18,311 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,311/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH XiDrone Systems
CPC-FOCUS F21V · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: XiDrone Systems, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How YLX’s 36.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 9.8 pts (27%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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YLX Incorporated · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows YLX's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for YLX?

Each dot is one of YLX’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). YLX’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

YLX vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where YLX's grants concentrate

YLX Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, YLX sits between Xtreme Orthopedics LLC and Yellcast, Inc..

YLX's three-year grant acceleration

YLX Incorporated shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Xtreme Orthopedics

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Xidrone Systems

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Xockets

16
Yueqing Youyou E-…

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Yushin Precision…

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Yamasa

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Yellcast

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YLX Incorporated ◀

16

What this shows YLX holds 16 patents at rank #18,305, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near YLX

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,305 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in YLX's primary technology class.

YLX's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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YLX Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	12.5%
2021	5	31.3%
2022	3	18.8%
2023	2	12.5%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does YLX Incorporated patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 9

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 6

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 6

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

YLX Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

YLX Incorporated's lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #18,311 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare YLX Incorporated against Xtreme Orthopedics LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.